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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says helium "didn't slumber much" aft losing cardinal players to wounded earlier Sunday's northbound London derby against Tottenham, but praised his broadside for winning "ugly".
The Gunners were already without the suspended Declan Rice for the game, but besides saw skipper Martin Odegaard and defender Riccardo Calafiori prime up injuries playing for their respective countries during the planetary break.
It meant they faced their rivals depleted but dug successful astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier Gabriel's second-half header sealed a 1-0 victory to guarantee they enactment wrong touching region of Premier League leaders Manchester City.
"We had to accommodate a small spot due to the fact that of immoderate of the players we lost," Arteta said.
"I prepared for Tottenham for 5 days, past successful 1 infinitesimal I mislaid 1 subordinate and successful different I mislaid another. I didn't slumber much!
"There were nary excuses, nary crying. The players person heavy skin. They emotion the game. Sometimes to triumph you person to bash the disfigured things and they emotion to bash that.
"I loved it, due to the fact that time aft time the players are hungrier and hungrier."
The decisive extremity came from a country arsenic Arsenal continued their awesome grounds from set-pieces.
Since the commencement of past season, Arsenal person scored much goals (24) from dead-ball situations than immoderate different squad successful the Premier League.
Key to that has been the interaction of set-piece specializer manager Nicolas Jover, who joined Arsenal from Manchester City successful 2021.
"I made the determination to bring him to City erstwhile I was determination and to Arsenal," Arteta added.
"Together with the remainder of the staff, they person injected the content that determination are galore ways to triumph games and this is 1 of them, truthful large recognition to them."
Victory was the cleanable commencement for Arsenal successful a hard tally of fixtures.
They play Atalanta successful their Champions League opener connected Thursday earlier travelling to defending champions Manchester City adjacent Sunday.
Arsenal are 2nd successful the Premier League, 2 points down Pep Guardiola's side.
"It is simply a pugnacious week coming up," Arteta added.
"The players judge already. We person a won a batch of large games, but this volition springiness america a batch of vigor and belief."
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